Cleansing Strike

Equipment Ability Adventurer Book Physical Attack id: 233 Added Sep 4, 2026 Updated Sep 18, 2026

Granted while Shoddy Stake is equipped.

Perform a strike with your stake, dealing high damage to vampire players.

Version history

Version	Date	Change	What changed
v1323	Sep 18, 2026	Updated	Fixed Vampire Hunter targeting. View full breakdown Target selection now recognizes the Vampire Hunter perk granted by stakes when determining which hunters and vampires can damage each other.
v1319	Sep 4, 2026	Created	Added Cleansing Strike, the Stake's anti-vampire equipment ability.

Power: 400 Cost: 50 MP Cooldown: 8s Projectile Speed: 100 Radius: 20m

Against a player infected with Vampirism, Cleansing Strike deals additional damage equal to 10% of the target's maximum health.
Sturdy Stake adds a second slash after the thrust.
Silver Stake adds the second slash and, once per cast, halves the remaining cooldown when that slash hits.
Holy Stake adds the prior upgrades and makes the target deal 20% less damage and move 20% slower for 5 seconds.

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